Propeamussium de Gregorio 1884

Propeamussium is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the order Ostreoida.^{[1] [2]}

Fossil species of these epifaunal carnivores lived from the Triassic period to the Pliocene age (235.0 to 3.6 Ma). The majority of fossils of this genus are found throughout Europe and North America.^[3]

Selected species

• Propeamussium alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1894)
• Propeamussium andamanense (Bavay, 1905)
• Propeamussium andamanicum (E. A. Smith, 1894)
• Propeamussium arabicum Dijkstra & R. Janssen, 2013
• Propeamussium boucheti Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008
• Propeamussium caducum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• † Propeamussium cowperi Waring, 1917
• Propeamussium dalli (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium investigatoris (E. A. Smith, 1906)
• Propeamussium jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys in Wyville-Thomson, 1873))-
• Propeamussium malpelonium (Dall, 1908)
• Propeamussium meridionale (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium octodecimliratum Melvill & Standen, 1907
• † Propeamussium papakurense (E. Clarke, 1905)
• Propeamussium regillum Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2017
• Propeamussium richeri Dijkstra, 2001
• Propeamussium rosadoi Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2015
• Propeamussium rubrotinctum (Oyama, 1951)
• Propeamussium sibogai (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904)
• Propeamussium siratama (Oyama in Kuroda, 1951)
• Propeamussium steindachneri (Sturany, 1899)
• Propeamussium watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• † Propeamussium yubarense (Yabe & Nagao, 1928)
• † Propeamussium zitteli (Hutton, 1873)
• Propeamussium zoniferum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)

Synonyms

• Propeamussium holmesii (Dall, 1886): synonym of Parvamussium holmesii (Dall, 1886)
• Propeamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886): synonym of Parvamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886)
• Propeamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886): synonym of Parvamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886)
• Propeamussium squamigerum (E. A. Smith, 1885): synonym of Parvamussium squamigerum (E. A. Smith, 1885)

References

• Frederick A. Sundberg - Propeamussium Species (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern California - Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 53–63
• Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

Propeamussium is een geslacht van tweekleppigen uit de familie van de Propeamussiidae.

Soorten

• Propeamussium alcocki (E. A. Smith, 1894)
• Propeamussium andamanense (Bavay, 1905)
• Propeamussium andamanicum (E. A. Smith, 1894)
• Propeamussium arabicum Dijkstra & R. Janssen, 2013
• Propeamussium boucheti Dijkstra & Maestrati, 2008
• Propeamussium caducum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium cancellatum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium dalli (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium ina (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)
• Propeamussium investigatoris (E. A. Smith, 1906)
• Propeamussium jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys in Wyville-Thomson, 1873)
• Propeamussium malpelonium (Dall, 1908)
• Propeamussium maorium (Dell, 1956)
• Propeamussium meridionale (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium octodecimliratum (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
• Propeamussium papakurense (Clarke, 1905) †
• Propeamussium propinquum (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium richeri Dijkstra, 2001
• Propeamussium rubrotinctum (Oyama, 1951)
• Propeamussium sibogai (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1904)
• Propeamussium siratama (Oyama in Kuroda, 1951)
• Propeamussium steindachneri (Sturany, 1901)
• Propeamussium watsoni (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Propeamussium zitteli (Hutton, 1873) †
• Propeamussium zoniferum (Dautzenberg & Bavay, 1912)